The "incubation period" of nearly twenty days has made Shi Liang quickly develop a natural habit of pretending to be stupid. At this moment, under the care and greetings of the leader of the group who had been with him for many days, it was like a conditioned reflex, and as before, he imitated the child's speech and reaction and blurted out all of a sudden.
However, the tribesmen who were still struggling in the cave at this time had no time to care about this anymore.
As the last ray of light in the sky faded away, the most difficult night of the day finally ushered in under the huge sinkhole.
On the exposed rocky walls in the endless wilderness, gusts of cold wind blew up, taking away all the heat from the sun during the day at an extremely fast speed.
In just a few moments, a heavy rain came.
This is a "strange phenomenon" unique to this place brought about by the vast sparkling lake in the huge tiankeng. The transpiration of water vapor has turned into thick clouds after a long period of accumulation during the day. It is concentrated near the top of the sinkhole in a windless place.
And when darkness falls, under the pressure of the sudden drop in temperature at night, these dense and heavy clouds condense quickly to form water droplets and ice crystals. Along with the manic winds swirling due to the blending of cold and heat, they threaten the most desolate land. There is no shortage of fine sand and gravel, which flows down with an irresistible and passionate force, roughly washing everything exposed in the pit and valley.
Those mining slaves who were originally so arrogant and wanted to break through the loose alliance of Shi Liang and his group's barriers with one go, but at this time, there was no trace of them. They had already become like birds and beasts and scattered, retreating back to their own group. In the 'comfort' that has been prepared for lunch.
No life dares to stay in this area full of rushing gravel, quicksand, and muddy water after the dark night, to welcome the coming terrifying frost, snow, and ice!
That is the most terrifying disaster in the sinkhole! The howling wind will bring bone-piercing coldness, ruthlessly taking away all the remaining life outside.
No one has ever seen what kind of endless purgatory it looked like outside at that moment, because everyone who had seen that scene was completely dead.
At this time, Lao Li and the others no longer cared about how miserable they looked, but used all their remaining strength to remove the huge rocks that had been prepared in advance to fill the entrance and exit of the cave, so as to seal the only entrance and exit. It’s probably closed!
It was only at this moment that everyone was completely relieved and sat down on the ground, gasping for air.
These poor people who had come back to their senses were dressed in ragged clothes, but their five pairs of dull eyes were staring at the boy who was acting particularly weird today. Although I no longer have the strength to speak, there is no way to hide the uncontrollable fear, terror, doubt and disbelief!
They have no way or the strength to cover up their emotions!
Seeing these "tribesmen" who were quite friendly in the past, Shi Liang helplessly grinned and laughed at himself.
He laughed that he was probably already used to acting stupid and dumbfounded, so much so that under the concern of the leader, "Lao Gui Zhang", he did not change his consciousness for a while, but continued to act as before. Habit, pretending to give an answer that is very suitable for his current 'age'.
However, today is different from the past, and everyone who was temporarily safe has woken up.
And this silly kid who was almost a burden to the ethnic group not long ago, now has a strange old man lying in front of him who still doesn't dare to raise his head. At his feet lies the man who just a moment ago was still helpless. In one life, now he is like a fat man lying on the ground like a bereaved dog and unable to get up.
As sworn enemies for many years, the two groups understand each other much more deeply than ordinary people imagine. It was because they knew each other too well and knew the fat man's strength so well that it actually made the 'new tribesman' in front of them, who had been getting along for almost a month, seem even more strange and scary at this time.
What's more important is that the outside is now a deserted realm on earth! They have nowhere to escape!
In such a completely unsolvable situation, the 'little kid' in front of me who suddenly showed his extraordinary strength is still acting like a fool, showing an extremely deliberate 'hypocrisy'. Naturally, he will change. It was particularly terrifying and eerie.
People are always accustomed to being close to those who can be understood, seen through, and seen through. They also instinctively keep a certain safe distance from people and things that they cannot understand or understand. These are just the survival instincts of animals. .
However, if one day, the person close to you who you always thought you knew enough suddenly does something that is completely beyond the limit of your cognition, I think the reaction of most people will be negative. Chills, trembling in the heart.
Fear of the unknown is also human nature.
And now, everyone huddled in the limited space of this cave is in an absolutely disadvantageous environment with no way out. Facing an absolutely powerful existence that seems to be able to easily obliterate them, they are naturally Will try to dodge unconsciously.
The distance between the familiar and the unfamiliar is infinitely widened, and the huge feeling of departure is enough to make everyone feel weak and tremble!
"Xiao...Liang, you..." The first to speak was still the strong man who had spent the longest time with Shi Liang.
It's just that Lao Li only said half of what he said, and he couldn't speak any more. This man who used to be so prosperous in the past doesn't know what he can say now, because there are so many things he doesn't know and don't understand in his mind.
He had a lot of things he wanted to ask clearly, but at the moment he didn't know what he should ask, how to ask, and where and from which aspect to continue talking.
"Uncle Li, I'm sorry." For an elder who had sincerely protected him, Shi Liang still felt a lot of unspeakable pain and debt. "My name is Shi Liang. I used to be a soldier of the Fierce Armor Legion."
'But now, I don't know what I am. Shi Liang swallowed the second half of his words and did not say them out. In fact, it's more because this 'shrunk' man doesn't know how he should tell some of his past to this 'relative' who is as kind as before in front of him.
Language seems particularly pale at this time.
"Then what do you..." The leader of the tribe was speaking now. As the oldest member of the ethnic group and with rich experience, the elder named Zhang was already full of questions.
Although, these slaves who have been living at the bottom of the Fire Crystal Valley don't have much knowledge. Even before they became slaves, they were just the most ordinary peasant women who lived in the countryside all year round.
However, they still knew that everyone in the Huazhou Kingdom knew the most basic age limit for serving in the Fierce Armor Legion, so naturally they were full of doubts about Shi Liang's current strange state.
"I don't know." The 'child', who had no idea what to say, shook his head, but then said something that surprised everyone, "I need everyone's help."
Yes, he needs the help of these people now, the more people the better.
After Shi Liang finished saying what he needed to say, he remained silent. He walked to the fat man who had completely given up resistance and was lying limply on the ground. He put on Huang Wei the terrible commoner that had filled his heart with infinite fear. , and lifted it up gently.
During the many days when Yaoshan was silent, Shi Liang had found a way to help him and Xiaoshan restore their body energy - the original fire crystal mine stone.
During this period of time, a total of twenty-seven pieces of fire crystal ore were secretly stuffed into his too-large tattered clothes by this 'shrinking' man. Then, as if by magic, it suddenly disappeared without a trace.
And today, Xiaoshan woke up again, and once again proved to him: the direction he guessed was correct! He needs fire crystal ore, the more the better.
However, there is not much time.
At least, that terrifying giant bird would not give him a chance to breathe and recover again and again. ——This is the most critical message that Fatty Huang brought to him tonight with his 'large-scale' attack!
This forced him to take risks, expose himself, and ask for help from the "tribesmen he had been with for many days" in front of him!
However, Shi Liang's few words could not make these poor people who had only had a stable life for a few days willing to risk their lives for something that was close to seeking death.
Facing seven pairs of puzzled eyes in the cave, the 'children' made a condition that they were not allowed to refuse: "Don't you want to escape?"
Get out! Although it is out of reach, it is a dream that can never be wiped out in the hearts of all the mining slaves underground in this man-eating sinkhole.
But now, this 'boy' with extremely terrifying strength used a simple question, just nine words, to open up a place that was suppressed by the huge Fire Crystal Valley that looked like the sky. Don't dare to have any freedom to breathe!
Is there really any hope for freedom?
Everyone lowered their heads and fell into silence.
"What can you do?" Finally, a dry and hoarse question broke the lingering silence.
Unexpectedly, the first person to speak was Huang Wei, who had just regained some strength. The fat, fair-skinned man used all the physical strength he had accumulated to sit up from the ground with difficulty. The corners of his mouth were even more bleak due to the force of his teeth, but his eyes that were desperately wide open revealed a kind of emotion that he had never seen before. Hungry and yearning!
Fatty Huang's sudden opening was obviously unexpected by everyone.
Shi Liang was stunned for a moment, and then he was silent for a long time before he said firmly: "I don't know, but you can try."
